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[Westmarcher]

That's a good looking bridge, Michael.  
Tempting .....

Looks great but can you vary the width, as I use 30mm & 40mm bases?

One of the reasons I no longer have 50mm (2 inch) wide bases and now have 25mm (1 inch) wide bases for my 10mm miniatures. So the 25mm width suits me perfectly. Suppose you could simply offer a wider version for sale for those who need up to double that width, Michael.

[fred.]

That's a very nice bridge.

[Leman]

Looks very impressive. Can't believe I haven't seen the word Antietam yet.

[Subedai]

Looks very impressive. Can't believe I haven't seen the word Antietam yet.

Antietam, Antietam, Antietam. (Enough for you?) 

Nice little model, in fact they are all nice little models. personally, I'm not overkeen on the chunky bases but that's just me although I've no doubt there is a very valid reason.  Whichever size bridge width you go with you will always be asked for a different size.

[petercooman]

Looks great but can you vary the width, as I use 30mm & 40mm bases?

cheers
Ian

I use 40x20, but i think you can maybe turn them to their side when crossing, to represent them squeezing the formation over it?

[WeeWars]

Nice little model, in fact they are all nice little models. personally, I'm not overkeen on the chunky bases but that's just me although I've no doubt there is a very valid reason.

Do you mean the 2mm high 'riverbank'? The card roadway fixes onto it and it protects the card at the same time.

I use 40x20, but i think you can maybe turn them to their side when crossing, to represent them squeezing the formation over it?

Also, with this model you can (if you don't mind) stand (balance) bases on the side walls.

[Hertsblue]

Whichever size bridge width you go with you will always be asked for a different size.

How very true. Providing a choice of widths would, I assume, require different bases as well as different road beds? Possibly not practicable on a mass production basis.

[bigjackmac]

Those look great, I need to get me one or two.

V/R,
Jack

[FierceKitty]

There are trolls already; can't find any model billygoats yet....

[WeeWars]

That's a bridge too far.

[FierceKitty]

The crusaders haven't reached it and put up their distinctive flag yet. Thus the mission objective: "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Devs vvlt!"

[Norm]

That is very nice. How wide is the gap between the two banks, i.e. what is the widest river section that can be put in there?

[Nosher]

Lovely indeed. Is there a link to your webstore? Probably me being dim/shortsighted.....

[Westmarcher]

I use 40x20, but i think you can maybe turn them to their side when crossing, to represent them squeezing the formation over it?

Also, with this model you can (if you don't mind) stand (balance) bases on the side walls.

You could sit them on top but the curved nature of the bridge suggests they will slide - and it looks naff.  Or you could stop your unit at the bridge entrance and then cross the bridge on the next move - but in some instances, this might result in an unfair movement advantage. Or you could re-base all of your units as I did (were based on 2 inch wide x 1 inch deep bases for Might & Reason - now on 1 inch square bases for Maurice, Black Powder & Field of Battle).

The reason I did that was that I was never happy with units on roads or bridges. I play with rules that allow march column and attack column. Units can only cross a bridge in march column. My 1 inch (25mm) wide bases allow my units to adopt this formation and finish their moves at any point on the bridge. For those who use wide bases (1.5 to 2 inches wide), it makes me wonder how one differentiates between the two types of column if using, say, the above rules. It strikes me that march column does not exist - which, I've found, is not a big problem until you hit a narrow gap such as a bridge. If you are not in march column, you need to change formation both at the entrance and at the exit of the bridge (if you want to get back into battle formation).

How do 'wide base gamers' portray that part of the rules? It seems to me that if your unit advances to the bridge entrance in attack column and then magically appears at the other side in the same formation (either on the same move or the next), this confers an unfair advantage on the crossing unit because no halts were made to make the necessary formation changes.

Back to Michael's bridge. Seems to me, the solution is therefore for Michael to offer 2 widths for sale (but I think the wide version may look naff) or for 'wide base gamers' to buy the illustrated example and simply adjust their rules for bridge crossings.

[WeeWars]

That is very nice. How wide is the gap between the two banks, i.e. what is the widest river section that can be put in there?

The width between the riverbanks is a little over 80mm.